Supplement to the “Rules of Defense, All Essential Matters on Firearms” - World Digital Library
and expert on firearms, Jiao Xu, based on the dictation of Tang Ruowang (Chinese name of German Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell, 1592...

Reprint Edition of the General Introduction to Calendrical Astronomy - World Digital Library
Zhizao (1565–1630), the official and scholar who undertook the translation of several works by European Jesuit missionaries to China. The manuscript was completed...

Work on Trigonometry - World Digital Library
on Trigonometry Description This work is a treatise on trigonometry by Li Madou, the Chinese name of the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552–1610). Ricci left for China in 1581...

Personal Narrative of a Year’s Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862–63) - World Digital Library
in Arabic while serving as a Jesuit missionary in Syria. In 1862 he undertook a year-long journey through the Arabian Peninsula with the stated aim of studying...

Diagrams and Explanations of the Wonderful Machines of the Far West, in Three Juan - World Digital Library
, the Chinese name of Johann Schreck (also called Johannes Terentius, 1576−1630), a German-born Jesuit, and Wang Zheng (1571–1644). The book is in three juan. Juan one...

Grammar and New Art of the Common Language of All of Peru, Called Quechua or Language of the Inca - World Digital Library
the Spanish first arrived in Peru, compiled by the Jesuit Diego González Holguín. The first printing press in South America was established in Lima by Antonio Ricardo...

Dictionary of the Common Language of the Incas of Peru Called Quechua Language. Corrected and Improved According to the Standards of the Court of Cuzco - World Digital Library
th and early 17th centuries. It has been attributed to Diego González Holguín (1560−circa 1620), a Spanish Jesuit priest who came to Peru as a missionary in 1581. Holguín...

Akbar the Great Mogul, 1542-1605 - World Digital Library
, and the book recounts the stories of the three Jesuit missions organized in response to these requests. By origin a Sunni Muslim, Akbar also sought to learn from...

The Birthplace of Islam: Western Arabia on the Eve of the Hegira - World Digital Library
that characterize the book. A detailed table of contents is provided to assist the reader. Lammens was a Belgian Jesuit who moved to Lebanon in his teenage years. He mastered...

The Commentary of Father Monserrate, Society of Jesus, on His Journey to the Court of Akbar - World Digital Library
Enriquez, on the first Jesuit mission to the court of the Emperor Akbar (1542–1605; reigned 1556‒1605), also known as Akbar the Great. Monserrate left Goa on November...